lovers

NOUN

person having sexual relationship

Synonyms

STRONGEST

admirer boyfriend companion girlfriend suitor sweetheart

STRONG

Romeo beau beloved darling dear dearest escort flame idolizer inamorata inamorato paramour petitioner solicitor steady suppliant swain truelove valentine wooer

WEAK

Juliet courter fiancé fiancée infatuate significant other

Antonyms

STRONGEST

enemy foe opponent

STRONG

hate

Example Sentences

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Since Shakespeare’s verse for the young lovers is among his most rhapsodic and hypnotically beautiful, the choice is dismaying.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 12, 2026

On Tuesday, rodeo lovers and animal welfare advocates descended on downtown Los Angeles to argue for and against a draft ordinance that would ban the hooved spectacles within the city.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026

However, Curtis noted that it “took a long time” before they went from friends to lovers.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 9, 2026

Cuban music lovers inaugurated a Beatles film festival, with fans in Italy, Russia and Greece finding their own ways for commemorating The Beatles’ special place in their lives.

From Salon • Jun. 4, 2026

Because this library had true champions, intellectual freedom fighters who would do whatever it took to protect it: Mr. Lemoncello, of course, and all the library lovers from the first-ever Library Olympiad, plus Andrew Peckleman.

From "Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics" by Chris Grabenstein